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Toronto elects suffragan

Toronto Canon George H. Elliott was elected suffragan bishop for the diocese of Toronto in December. The position became open after Bishop Taylor Pryce retired.

Mexican church goes it alone

ENS-Mexican Anglicans may once have looked north for leadership, but now “we are looking at each other,” says Archbishop Samuel Espinoza, primate of the Anglican

Movies honour boys’ spirit

THERE’S something inspiring about how people respond to life’s challenges and it’s particularly moving if the person who responds is a child. Billy Elliot and

Raiser decries Nigerian conflict

Nigerians wave from the top of a truck during a ceremony by the governor of the country’s most populous northern state of Kano, in which

New writer hired

Jane Davidson, an author, freelance journalist and communications consultant, has been hired as full-time staff writer for the Anglican Journal. Ms. Davidson is also a

A secular Christmas

THE SPECIAL Olympics have been part of the North American landscape for more than 30 years. For more than a decade, the achievements of the

Australia ponders women bishops

Next summer the General Synod of the Church of Australia will debate a new canon, which could remove all legal obstacles to the consecration of

Ceasefire sought

The Latin Patriarch in the Holy Land has called on Israel to stop its troops firing at an Arab Christian village and to surrender all

Moderate denunciation

100 years ago: December 1900 Canadian Churchman reported that it is comforting in these days to find that just as hard things were said of

Ecumenism bolstered

The controversial Vatican document, Dominus Iesus, has strengthened the ecumenical commitment of many German Catholics, according to Maria Jepsen, the Lutheran bishop of Hamburg in

Culture open to gospel

ALL THINGS must come to an end sometime, and this will be my final Sharing The Joy column for the Journal. It has been a

At the heart of December

Gifts, and the giving of them, are certainly at the heart of December in our society. The weeks before Christmas and, increasingly, the days after

Pope asserts commitment to ecumenism

In the wake of a Vatican document that argued the Roman Catholic Church is the only true church, Pope John Paul told participants in a

Bishops to volunteer for AIDS tests

Anglican bishops in southern Africa have agreed to undergo voluntary HIV/AIDS testing and to encourage clergy and lay leaders of their diocese to be tested

Churches join forces to build new centre

Two Anglican parishes in Burnaby, B.C., are considering joining with two Lutheran and two United churches to build a large Christian centre which would serve

Money changers to be made welcome

The Church of England is considering installing cash machines in thousands of rural churches. Senior officials want to exploit the vacuum left by the closure

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